A Girl Like Grace – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
While probably written with good intentions, the execution of A Girl Like Grace is a bit off.
Mixed (Divisive)
Due to this movie having a few quirks, of which may work for some and for others be a problem, we believe your enjoyment of this movie will depend on your taste.
Lucy – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A young woman is forced to become a drug mule, but when the drugs leak she is given the capability of using 100% of her brain function. Review (with Spoilers) When it comes to actresses, Scarlett Johansson is probably one the most consistent. For whether she is in the Marvel blockbusters, films like Her,…
Maggie – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Maggie is the type of film which reminds you that despite how many movies, TV series and video games focus on zombies, there are still ways to make stories involving them remain fresh enough to be enjoyable. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Mandela: Long Road to Freedom presents the story of a man’s journey and how his pursuit of freedom changed over a lifetime. Trigger Warning(s): Violence against women and children; racial triggers; Review (with Spoilers) After seeing Winnie, it was hard to not look forward to this take on Nelson Mandela. With Idris Elba championing…
Magic in the Moonlight – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A man, who is a magician for a living, falls under the spell of a young girl while trying to debunk her claims of being a psychic medium. Review (with Spoilers) Though not a huge fan of Woody Allen’s classic films, such as Annie Hall, I do find myself interested in his more modern…
Maps to the Stars – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview The lives of one seriously messed up family, and one washed up actress, are explored as mental illness, and a bad attitude, ruins their careers. Review (with Spoilers) I cannot fully remember how I found out about this movie, so I can only assume I saw the name of it on IndieWire. With that…
Marfa Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview At worse, Marfa Girl is just another Larry Clark film featuring actors who look like teenagers, maybe are teenagers, having sex and odd conversations. Though, at best, it captures the peculiarities of living in a small town in which there is nothing to do so everyone is either having sex, getting high, or taking…
White Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
A Midwestern girl comes to New York for college and finds herself experiencing far more than she probably originally planned.
The Age of Adaline – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While another example of how rape culture is infused in the romance genre, through stalking in this case, it is hard to deny that a piece of you wants to forget the beginning of the film’s romance to focus on its present and future. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
The Benefactor – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview What begins as something interesting in which you expect an old man seeking redemption slowly spirals into the tale of a guilt-ridden drug addict with possible arrested development. Trigger Warning(s): Drug Addiction and Self-Harm (Cutting)
Tangerine – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
When a young woman, fresh from prison, learns her boyfriend cheated on her, she goes all around town to find the woman he cheated on her with, and then him, and all the while her best friend watches the drama unfold.
Syrup – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Image, marketing and sex(ism). That pretty much that sums up Syrup. Review (with Spoilers) What drew me to this film was a .gif set I’ve been seeing on Tumblr for months dealing with the Amber Heard’s character giving advice to women on honing the various labels given to them and combining them to be…
Project Almanac (Welcome to Yesterday) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Project Almanac begins weak, but once the romance between David and Jessie picks up, you get some quality entertainment.
Princess – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A troubling relationship between a child and her stepfather goes ignored and we watch her means of coping. Trigger Warning(s): Pedophilia & Rape Characters Worth Noting Adar (Shira Haas) | Michael (Ori Pfeffer) | Alma (Keren Mor) | Alan (Adar Zohar-Hanetz)
Night Has Settled – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A privileged child learns his maternal figure may possibly leave him, leading to a shift in his character. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While I won’t claim to be familiar with French cinema’s tropes, clichés, and what have you, based off what I have watched and perhaps reviewed here, I can definitely say that those familiar with French tragic romances will find little new here. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Blackface Characters Worth Noting Paul (Quentin Dolmaire…
Newlyweeds – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Newlyweeds is a quick love story which finds an outsider, namely weed, being what brings two people together and what pushes them apart. Review (with Spoilers) This is one of those films which pop up on your radar and because it isn’t coming out anywhere close, or is too expensive where available in theaters,…
Wish I Was Here – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
A man trying to turn his fantasies into reality is forced to face he may be on the wrong path to happiness.
X-Men: Apocalypse – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Once again a mutant with a superiority complex shall rise, and Magneto will be a part of it because he is forbidden from having a truly happy ending. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Blood (gore) & Body Horror Characters Worth Noting Charles Xavier/ Professor X (James McAvoy) | Magneto/Erik (Michael Fassbender) | Jean Grey…
Mother (Social Nightmare) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Mother aka Social Nightmare is one of those strange movies which with some tinkering could have been better than what you get.
Mr. Right – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Plot Overview A former special agent, who now kills people who put hits on others, find himself in New Orleans and falls in love. Problem is, besides you know people trying to kill him, he and this girl are crazy. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Lots of blood and gunshots. Also violence against women. Review…
Morgan – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A young semi-human being is seemingly glitching and with that comes the need to analyze if she is a failed project or not. Trigger Warning(s): Gun Violence | Blood | Flinch Worthy Violence
Mr. Holmes – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Initial Thoughts With Robert Downey Jr.’s version of Sherlock Holmes out there, as well as Benedict Cumberbatch, having another Holmes out there seems like over saturation. However, this Holmes is Sir Ian McKellen. Someone who, honestly, I don’t think I’ve seen in anything besides the X-Men films. So, needless to say, I found myself interested…
Mother of George – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Mother of George maybe beautifully shot and have an interesting story, but it may not hold your attention. Trigger Warning(s): Animal Death on Camera Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Introduction Every year we get a slew of coming of age stories in which, often, if you don’t live near a metropolitan area, you have to wait weeks, or months, for it to come to a theater near you. Now, with Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl I initially skipped seeing it during its opening…
Match – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A movie which feels very much like a theatrical play in which Patrick Stewart, and company, put on such good performances that it helps remind you they aren’t just their most well-known roles. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
May in The Summer – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A young woman returns home to Amman with her being unsure of an impending marriage and a lot of family drama to deal with. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Men, Women & Children – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview An ensemble drama dealing with overbearing parents, porn addiction, marital issues, and abandonment. Review (with Spoilers) When it comes to comedians like Adam Sandler, as I mentioned in the Hateship, Loveship review, often their dramatic roles, especially after they have peaked, are far superior to their comedic roles. If just because most comedians have…
Comet – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A love story in which the timeline of the relationship gets scrambled up and gives you the impression that what you see maybe reality or just all part of a very vivid dream. Review (with Spoilers)
Crimson Peak – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview With a predictable story, lack of any real scares or thrills, and no inspiring monsters, Crimson Peak disappoints on a multitude of levels. Trigger Warning(s): Gore
Copenhagen – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Copenhagen flips the familiar story of an older man utterly changing a young woman’s life by having her change his. Trigger Warning(s): Pedophilia Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Miss Meadows – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A woman, who seems like a twisted Disney princess, becomes one area’s local vigilante. Review (with Spoilers) I have never really been a Katie Holmes fan. I have seen two of her films, First Daughter, when I was a kid, and Batman Begins, but never watched Dawson’s Creek, nor really have looked into her…
The Duff – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview The Duff has an early 00s Disney Channel show appeal, but with less wholesomeness, more cursing, and the type of jokes Nickelodeon would try to get away with. Review (with Spoilers) – Below
Sake Bomb – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview An abrasive Japanese guy, and his cousin, go on a road trip to find the woman who left the cousin without notice. Review (with Spoilers) It is rather hard to find Asian comedies, or movies starring people of Asian descent period, especially if they aren’t martial arts films. However, Sake Bomb seems to want…
Molly Maxwell – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview What starts off as the type of film you wish was a series, becomes another movie about a love affair you know can’t work out. Review (with Spoilers) As you could probably tell based off the films and shows I watch, I have quite a fondness for media about people on the cusp of…
Sing – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview While Sing may not be a classic in the making, it still makes for a good way to spend almost 2 hours. Review (with Spoilers) Noted Actor(s) Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) | Ms. Crawly (Garth Jennings) | Johnny (Taron Egerton) | Mike (Seth MacFarlane) | Meena (Tori Kelly) | Meena’s Grandpa (Jay Pharoah) |…
Brilliant Mistakes – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A cute love story tainted, slightly, by the grief and guilt of those affected. Review (with Spoilers) Like so many films I review, especially as of late, this is another film which likely you may not have heard about, but is perhaps worth seeing. For despite pretty much having no actor amongst the bunch…
Brightest Star – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview A love story about getting the girl, losing her and repeating the process a few times. Review (with Spoilers) Between Jessica Szohr, who disappeared from my radar since Gossip Girl went off, and Rose McIver who is on both Once Upon a Time and Masters of Sex that, for me, was the main draw…
Boyhood – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Overview Imagine a supercut of a show like Boy Meets World, and you pretty much have Boyhood. Trigger Warning(s): Domestic Abuse & Homophobia Review (with Spoilers) It’s hard to ignore a film which is getting universal praise and is probably the first, or one of the few, to use the same actors across various time…
